Wednesday woes: Day-long traffic jam at BC Road frustrates commuters, police

Mounesh Vishwakarma
Pics: Kishore Peraje
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)

Bantwal, Oct 23: A huge traffic jam at BC Road that lasted almost the entire day on Wednesday October 23 put commuters in much inconvenience.

While commuters and pedestrians struggled, Bantwal citizens grew exhausted trying to clear the gridlock.

The traffic jam that started in the morning continued till evening. Though there are highways, flyover and service roads in BC Road, the traffic problem persists. As there were occasions such as weddings on Wednesday, the traffic was more than usual.
 
The traffic jam became worse as everybody tried to go forward like in a competition. Towards the evening, the police got tired clearing the traffic. Though there is provision for one way traffic, the vehicles going to BC Road from Bantwal turning near the circle were the main reason for the traffic jam.

Four to five police constables had to stand there and regulate the traffic. As the traffic increased, police had to struggle till dark.
 
When VIPs such as ministers or senior police officials are scheduled to travel through the highway, Puttur traffic police get assigned in BC Road to ensure that they do not get stuck in traffic.

A demand for a traffic police station is being heard here for some time. Till then the police that have to maintain law and order are made to clear traffic here.